Toy



Oct. 14, 1930.

T. J. GOODRUM Toy Filed April 6. 1929 6 /0 a lz 8 7 4, sq/ u 4 6 8) o O .A

o 2434 f4" o I8 26 /8 3 lg 25 2/ 43 /6 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ffm 1MM www@ Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED Y STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS J. GOODRUM,

oF HOUSTON, TEXAS TOY Application led April l6, 19291 Serial No. 353,004.

f wherein Figure 1 shows a side view ofthe device.

Figure 2 shows a front elevation partlyV broken away, and

Figure3 shows a plan view partly broken away.

Referring now' more particularly tothe drawings, wherein likeA numerals ofreference designate similar arts infeaeh of the figures thenumerals 1 esignate the" legs of. theframework whieh'are secured in fixed relationl by the cross braces 2 and. which support the circular ends. y

Mounted in suitable bearings 4, 4 onl this platform 3,011 their upper Y'platform there .is a ltransverse shaft 5.

Loosely mounted on this shaft there are the wind wheels 6, 6, which are spaced apart and whose vanes 7 are oppositely pitched, or inclined.V These'wheels 5, will accordingly rota-te'by the wind in opposite directions.

LThe hubs of thesef ,Wheels have the inwardly extending lingers 8, 8, and splined on they shaft and between saidl Wheels there isA a drum `i9. This drum is shi'ftabl'e along said shaftand-its endshave the radial ngers'lO. When the drumis shifted in one direction its fingers will interlock with the fingers of one of the Wheels' 6 and said drum will bethereby clutched with and will rotate with said:

v lastV mentioned wheel' and whennthe drumis shifted in the other direction its fingers will*r befinterlocked with the Afingfers'of the other wheel 6 and it will be therebyy clutched with andv willV rotate with said last mentioned 50'. wheel. The drum 9 is formed with a spool 11 and aroundv which the cable 12 is wound.v

This cable runs over the sl1eaves'13,v13 which are mounted on the brackets 14, 14u'pstanding from opposite sides of the table' 3, and the respective ends of the cable 12 support the elevating buckets 15, 15;" These buckets have the upper and lower ears 16,16 on each side which run on the vertical tracks 17, 17 which are supported from the laterally exe tending arms 18, carried by the platform. 3

and whose lower ends are attached to the 1'.'

transverse anchor bar 19.

Upstanding from the platform 3 thereA is a standard 20, pivoted to the upperen'd of which there is a shift lever 21, The upper end of this lever is bifurcated orming'the lingers 22, 22 which are inwardl Y turned and ride in the annular groove 23 o .the drum 9. The lower end of the lever 21 has an elon-x gated bearing 24. There is a'transverse rod 25 rotatable in suitable bearings 26 on the 'platform 3 and one end of this rod is up-v turned andi its free end has any overturned stud 27 which works in saidbearingf24. The other end of the rod A25 has an upturned' arm* 28 whose free end is formed with an over' turned stud 29 which worksy in an'L oblong transverse slot 30 in the lower end of the lever 31. This levery is'pivoted, atan inter,- mediate point, on the standard 32l whichl upstands from the-platform 3, andjthekupper e;

end of the lever 31 carries a weight 33. A,

Pivotally mounted oli-opposite sides of the platform/3 are the bell cranks havingthe upupstanding arms 34, 34 andralsohaving the laterally extending rarms35, 35" riespeely tively. The free ends of thex arms 34, 34 are'connected tothev upper endxof the lever., 31 by means of the cords 36, 36. Pivoted on opposite legs 1 are the bellcranks:havingv the arms '37, 37 and 38, 38 respectively., The free ends of the arms 35, 37 are connected by the cord 39, and the free ends oflthe'arms 35, 35 are connected by the cord 4Q. Slidably mounted invertically aligned 'bearings 41, 41, carried by opposite legs 1 are the vertically movable rods 42, 42 whose upper ends are outwardly turned forming the arms 43, 43f`wliose 'free ends are formed intoA bea-ringswhich connected to the freeend of the arm 38" through the cord 48. Through the mechanism described whenbucket 15 ascends it will s strike the corresponding arm 43 and' elevate it and the rod 42 to whichit is attached thus exerting a pull through the cord 44, the arms 38, 37, the cord 39, the arms' 35,V 34 `and the' L cordV 36 to pull the-weighted lever 31 over into the position shown inl Figure 2 and this Vlever 31 will operate,fthrough the mechanism described to shift the drum 9 into clutching relation with'one of the wind wheels 6, as also shown in Figure 2. *WhenA the other bucket 15 ascends it will engage and elevate v the other arm 43 'and rod 42 exerting avpull through thel cordl 46,' the vbell crank 45, the" cord 48, the arms 38', 37', the cord 40,`the arms" 35', 34', and the'cord 36', thus swinging the weighted arm 31 over to its other position, and operating, through thel mechanism connected therewith, to shift the drum 9 into clutching relation with `the -other wind wheeld! Y The windwheels 6 thusfoperate to rotate the spool 11 alternately in opposite directionsv and? this spool operates, through the cable 12, to alternately lift one bucket 15 andlower the other. The inner sides of these bucketsiare open andv said open sides r`ride against the:A

respective,yertically disposed, retainer plates 4,9, 49, arranged between the respective tracks 17. Each buckethas a bottom v50Y which de'V 5' clines toward the adjacent plate 49 and holds r the ball; 51 therein, against said plate. As the bucket rises it carries the ball 51, therein, upV

with it until said'ball reaches the opening 52,"in said plate, whereupon the ball passes` through said opening and :into the chute 53 leading downwardly therefrom.y

These-chutes are formed of Vopen work, preferably coiled wire', so that the balls'passing throughthem will be visible. When said bucket reaches position to discharge said ball into its chute the corresponding rod` 42 will be elevatedr'thereby whichwill` result in the shifting 'of the drum 9, as hereinabove explained', to effect thereversal of the'rotationf ofthe spool 11 and said'elevated bucket Vwill thereupon descend.

The chutes 53 follow a sinuous course down# wardly and their lower ends terminate above` the corresponding buckets, when in the lower positions.,V The lower end of each chute is normally closed by; a pivot'ally mounted gate* 54 which is'normallyheld in closed position 51 traveling Ydown'through a chute veligaged preferred vform ,oftheinventiom by way of illustration only, while the broad scope of the invention will be defined bythe appended claims.

What I claim is :f1 f

1. A wind operated'toy including a framework, va pair of wind wheels'thereo'n'having oppositely pitched vanesA throughiwhich the rwheels may be turned, by the wind, simultaneously, in opposite directions, a rotatable drum shiftable into clutching relation with said wind wheels alternately, aflexible member operable around the drum and reciprocable back land forth thereby, a carrier attached to each end' of said member, said carriers being alternately elevated and lowered'by said flexible member, means through which each carrier operates to shift Vsaid fdrum from clutching relation with one'wind wheel into clutching relationwith the yother the framework, each chutehaving an 'inlet wind wheel,a lpair of'chutes associated with end elevated above the other, or discharge end, a body-'movable by Vgravity through each chute, each carrier being movable into'one i position to receive said'Y body from the discharge end of the corresponding c hutea'ndV to elevate saidbody and deliverit intothe inletj'end1 of said chute.

V2. A wind operatedv toy including` a frame-V work, a.A pair ofy windwheelsthereon having oppositely pitched vanes through4 which: the

wheels may be turned, bythe wind, simulta- 'Y neously, in opposite" directions, a rotatable drumrshiftable intoclutching relation with sai'd'wind wheels alternately, a flexible member operable around the drum and'reciprocable back` and forth thereby, a carrier-at'- tached to each end of said-member, said carriers being alternately elevated and lowered by saidV flexible 'member, ymeans Athrough Y whichy Aeach 'carrier' operates Vto Ashift said drum from vclutching relation with one'wind wheel into clutching relation with the other wind wheel, .a pair'of chutesfassociated with the framework, each chute having aninlet end elevated above the other,"or discharge,

end,-a body movableV by gravity through eachA chute, eachl carrier being movablev into one position to `receive said body from lthe "dis-V to elevate said vbody and' deliver it into the ,Y inletend of said chute, agate normally closby the' corresponding weight 55. jTheball;

"charge end :ofthe corresponding chute and ing the discharge end of each chute, Aand 1 rier, as it moves to its lower position, and effective to open the correspondin gate, to permit the discharge of said body, rom said chute, into said last named bucket.

8. A wind operated toy including a frame- Work, a pair of wind wheels thereon having oppositely pitched vanes through which the wheels may be turned, by the wind, simultaneously, in opposite directions, a rotatable drum shiftable into clutching relation with said wind wheels alternately, a flexible member operable around the drum and reciprocable back and forth thereby, a carrier att-ached vto each end of said member, said carriers being alternately elevated and lowered by said flexible member, means through which each carrier operates to shift said drum from clutching relation with one wind wheel into clutching relation with the other wind wheel, a pair of chutes associated with the framework, each chute having an inlet end elevated above the other, or discharge, end, a body movable by gravity through each chute, each carrier being movable into one position to receive said body from the discharge end of the corresponding chute and to elevate said body and deliver it into the inlet end of said chute, each chute being formed of open work to render the body visible as 3 it moves therethrough.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

THOMAS J. GOODRUM. 

